John …. and the new order. A Happy Christmas and New Year to all visitors to this site. May it be a year of creativity for you, and of enjoyment in the creativity of other people. As regular readers will be aware, the site is undergoing redevelopment at the moment. I hope that it will not … Read more
Although in my present condition I hardly qualify as a “Merry Gentleman” I have decided that I ought to take seriously the advice of the carol. In fact, I have to confess that I am at the end of my resources. I am very, very tired, and if I don’t rest voluntarily I fear that … Read more
It has been a persisting puzzle to me as to which is the best system for storing photographs of my work. A couple of years ago a colleague mentioned the Dropbox system to me, and in fact registered me with them. For a variety of reasons, I have never had the occasion to familiarise myself … Read more
I’ve just returned from a party held at the South Square Centre. Although not the summit of sociability it was a thoroughly worthwhile experience. I had conversations with three other artists, and a chance to get to know the new junior curator at the Centre. It did make me think (as I have often done … Read more
Yes: that is what I was told. It seems that there is such a thing. I had a somewhat overdue discussion today with the person who is redoing my website. Actually, I was quite proud of the fact that I had devised a system for collating and presenting material for the new site. My system … Read more
Well, I certainly had that feeling today invigilating our winter exhibition at The Gallery Upstairs.* Invigilating an exhibition on a Sunday afternoon in the middle of winter is not usually looked on as an exciting prospect among our members. I confess that the realisation that this is my spot on the rota doesn’t normally see … Read more
Today the Unit 9 gallery at there South Square Centre changes its name. From now on we will be known as The Gallery Upstairs. When the Centre first began to operate, the various elements in it continued to be known by the numbers of the retail units in the building. The area which became the … Read more
I encountered an interesting discussion on the radio the other day in which it was mentioned (in passing) that during the “Reformation” English churches underwent a radical change in their appearance. Whereas, typically, the walls of churches had been covered with pictures depicting Biblical themes, the dominance of Protestantism had resulted in the whitewashing over … Read more
A large part of the past couple of days has been spent in the revision of this web-site. An essential element of that process has been an inspection of everything both on the current web-site and in my records in order to decide what should go in and what deserves to be left out. My … Read more